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Detroit has a fabulous warm community with good chinuch. Housing is very cheap. One big chasoron – the economy there is really bad so jobs are difficult to find.
Cleveland is also a very nice community, as is Baltimore. Both also have afordable houseing and good chinuch.
I hear Passaic, NJ is wonderful – young growing frum community.
Chicago has a nice community – housing more expensive.
There is politics everywhere. My personal feeling is the smaller the community the worse the politics.
I think people who live in New York think that if you go through the Holland Tunnel you fall off the end of the earth. Not so, there’s a whole big world out there with many nice frum communities that are heimish and offer good chinuch. In many ways I think raising a family out of town is easier. People are not so annonymous so it’s easy to get lost and there is a community that’s there for you. I grew up out of town and raised my children out of town and believe it or not I find tzinus to be better out of town. Again I think it’s because you’re not annonymous there. There are many pros to living out of town.
When my husband A”H went into business he was faced with the shyleh of goyishe holiday greetings during the season. He asked a shyleh from a Rosh Yeshiva if he could send out Season’s Greetings or Happy Holiday cards to his customers and the the Rosh Yeshiva said absolutely not.
Ricci Fashions is very good and their prices are reasonable. They have a good selection of outfits and separates.
There is a non-denominational (all religions) support group called Recovery. It is all over the world. There is a frum group at the Y in Boro Park and I think one frum group in Flatbush. They follow a 10 step program and it is very powerful and positive and has helped many people. There is no charge for attending the meetings. They pass a plate around and anyone can contribute or not contribute whatever they are able to.
This group will not take the place of a therapist for those who need therapy but has helped many individuals who are also in therapy and many who are not.
It is an annonymous group and people only say their first names. You would be very suprised at the people who attend meetings, professionals, etc. Recovery helps many people.
Many times meetings are held in a room in a church or sometimes in a shul. It is not held in the sanctuary and one may ask a shylah but I personally know people who were told that they could go by very choshove Rabbonim.
To find a Recovery meeting in your area google Recover, Inc. and you can get a list of meetings.
Hatzlacha